Friday, May 3, 2013

Method of Execution

Sculptors have different techniques that they used in order to achieve their work.  They are known as subtraction, construction, substitution or manipulation.  In the text Sporre describes these methods in great depth.  The first one Sporre talks about is subtraction it usually begins with a large block, made of wood or stone and the sculptor starts to cut away the unwanted material (70).  Subtraction is also known as carving; the artist subtracts away solid material to get it to the desired form.  Once the artist is ready to starting sculpturing him or she carves about three inches of the work with the help of tools and begins cutting out the material to its form and finishes by polishing it. The video below will show all the methods of sculpture. 



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=As3l1I5vumY

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